KUALA LUMPUR – Police have arrested a civil servant for allegedly stealing items belonging to victims of the landslide tragedy that struck the Father’s Organic Farm campsite, Gohtong Jaya, Batang Kali, on December 16.
Acting Selangor police chief Datuk S. Sasikala Devi said the 27-year-old suspect was arrested in the Klang Valley yesterday.
“During the arrest, the police confiscated items believed to belong to the landslide victims,” she told a press conference here today.
Sasikala said the police would apply for an order to remand the suspect for investigation under Section 379 of the Penal Code.
Prior to this, Hulu Selangor district police chief Suffian Abdullah said authorities detected a Facebook post believed to have been made by one of the landslide victims’ family member claiming that there were irresponsible individuals who were using a Touch ‘n Go card belonging to one of the victims.
The landslide tragedy that occurred at 2.46am claimed 31 lives, 12 of whom were children and a one-year-old baby boy. A total of 61 victims were reported to have survived the incident. – Bernama, January 7, 2023
